
Nearly 70 years after USS Indianapolis tragedy, survivor tells his tale
Just past midnight July 30, 1945, two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine struck the USS Indianapolis with almost 1,200 people aboard.
Okinawans encircle U.S. base
Heavy rains did not deter an estimated 17,000 Okinawans from encircling Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on Sunday in a symbolic closing of the controversial base.
Ie Shima: Island off Okinawa holds annual event honoring newsman Ernie Pyle
About a hundred people gathered on this tiny island off the northwest coast of Okinawa on Sunday to remember a newsman who brought war home in the most personal terms.
In the newsroom: A man and his kazoo at Woodstock
First of all, if you haven't seen this by now, stop what you're doing and go readDavid Allen's retelling of his glorious moment in the time of peace, love and mud.
A story of soldiers helping Korean orphans
As veterans and politicians remembered the 50th anniversary of the end of fighting in the Korean War three years ago, George Drake looked on with disappointment.
Agnew in Tokyo for Okinawa reversion
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew arrived here Friday evening in a sleek presidential jet as President Nixon's envoy to Monday's Okinawa reversion ceremony.
At Tokyo Lost and Found, wallets to ashes lie unclaimed
At times, the 120,000 umbrellas in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's vast Lost and Found Center seem to reflect the personalities of their owners.